Legal mumbo jumbo · Part 4 of 5

Cookies

Last updated November 14, 2026.

The short version

One cookie. It remembers that you're signed in. That's why there's no banner asking you to accept 400 "partners": there aren't any.

The cookie

Name	`lw_s`
What it does	Keeps you signed in to this website
How long	30 days, or until you sign out
Who can read it	Only this website. It travels over encrypted connections and is hidden from scripts.

It's strictly necessary for signing in, so the law doesn't ask us to get your consent for it. If you block it, you can still read every page; you just can't sign in.

What isn't here

No advertising cookies, no analytics, no tracking pixels, no third-party scripts. This website doesn't keep anything else in your browser.

Stripe

When you pay, you leave this website for Stripe's checkout page. Stripe sets its own cookies there, to process the payment and prevent fraud, under its own policy.